Archive for June, 2009
Sanford Saga: The Pre-Game Coverage
Sanford and staff have clammed up for now, in preparation for a 2 p.m. press conference. While it wouldn’t surprise me at all if the press conference ends up getting postponed — my professional diagnosis: too many questions and loose ends, and not so much “too little time” as “no good answers” — there’s no [...]
A Ph.D. In Simply Not Getting It
On his resume, Vikram Pandit only claims to have a Ph.D. in Finance from Columbia Business School. But it is increasingly becoming clear that he must also have a second Ph.D., even though he doesn’t like to boast about it. A Ph.D. in Simply Not Getting It. After all those losses and bailouts, rank-and-file employees [...]
Version 2.0, And Counting
Mark Sanford has surfaced. And, boy, does he have a story to tell: Gov. Mark Sanford arrived in the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport this morning, having wrapped up a seven-day visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina, he said. Sanford said he had not been hiking along the Appalachian Trail, as his staff said in a Tuesday statement [...]
The Convolutions Of The Appalachian Trail
How pathetic is it that when Mark Sanford surfaced yesterday — and it’s probably best to keep reminding ourselves that we only have his office’s word for that, that his office has not exactly established a reputation for truthtelling in the last few days, and that his wife still hadn’t heard from him yesterday afternoon, [...]
Another Republican Presidential Candidate Bites The Dust
It’s safe to say that the presidential aspirations Mark Sanford once entertained — and had been carefully stoking by his doggedly idiotic stance with respect to stimulus funds, the rejection thereof — have now been ground into the dust. It is to be hoped that Sanford himself is safe, and hasn’t met with an untimely [...]
The Power Of Positive Thinking (In The Time Of Obama)
Since his Awesome Presidentiality has resurrected his best known campaign slogan, we’d like to do so too. At this stage of Obama‘s presidency, the joke that follows pretty much writes itself: Q: Can you fool all of the people all of the time? Obama: Yes, we can! Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via [...]
The Democracy That Passeth All Understanding
It’s really not safe for anyone in the West to offer any specific criticism of the Iranian elections, or the so-called result. Because it’s amply clear that no one in the West can possibly understand Iran’s version of democracy. And how can you complain about the score when you don’t even know the rules of [...]
Peddling Discredited Neocon Batshit
Anne Gearan‘s byline describes her as the “National Security Writer” at AP. Either they don’t use the word correspondent at AP any more, or they’re embarrassed enough about Gearan’s article that they don’t want to dignify her with that term. Gearan thinks that “In his first major test of international leadership, President Barack Obama is [...]
Us Versus Them
(1) Us: 76 percent of Americans believe it’s either “extremely important” or “quite important” to “give people a choice of both a public plan administered by the federal government and a private plan for their health insurance.” Them: By all appearances, 76% of Congressmen and Senators believe it’s either “extremely important” or “most important” to [...]
With The Full Knowledge Of His Peers
One aspect of the John Ensign sexual-harassment-and-adultery scandal that I find most interesting is the light it sheds on the way the Republican party operates, on the real values of the so-called family-values party. (Also, how come no one is talking about this as sexual harassment? When you repeatedly engage in sex with an employee [...]